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Little Hotelier pricing and what a B&B or small hotel actually pays

Little Hotelier pricing starts at about $29 to $39 a month on the Basics plan, plus a 1% fee on every booking, according to Capterra, Roommaster and other directories. The Pro plan drops the booking fee and is reported from about $109 a month. Revenue Optimiser is quoted. Your exact price depends on room count and region, and the booking fee means your real cost grows with your revenue.

How much does Little Hotelier cost?

For a typical 5 to 15 room B&B or inn in the US, Little Hotelier costs roughly $1,000 to $2,500 a year once the Basics booking fee is counted, or about $1,300 a year and up on Pro. Little Hotelier shows its price through a calculator on its pricing page that asks for your number of bookable rooms, so there is no single list price.

The subscription is only half of the answer. On Basics, the 1% fee applies to reservations from every source, including Booking.com and Expedia, so a busy season raises your software bill. If you would rather compare against a PMS with a flat public price, you can open our live demo right now and check the plans side by side.

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The three Little Hotelier plans and what each includes

Little Hotelier sells three tiers. The table combines what Little Hotelier lists for each plan with prices reported by Capterra and Roommaster's 2026 breakdown.

Plan Reported price Booking fee What it adds
Basics about $29 to $39 a month, varies by rooms 1% of each booking Calendar, channel manager, booking engine, mobile app
Pro from about $109 a month None Everything in Basics plus payments, rate intelligence, rate parity insights, hotel metasearch, Channels Plus
Revenue Optimiser custom quote None Everything in Pro plus dynamic pricing (Dynamic Revenue Plus)

All three plans are month to month with no lock-in contract, and Little Hotelier offers a free trial before you pay. Support also differs: Roommaster reports chat support on Basics and phone, chat and email on Pro.

How the 1% booking fee works out in dollars

The booking fee is the line that changes the comparison. It is charged on reservations, not rooms, so it scales with your average rate and occupancy. Here is what 1% means at different levels of yearly room revenue.

Yearly room revenue 1% booking fee Basics total with subscription
$30,000 $300 about $650 to $770
$75,000 $750 about $1,100 to $1,220
$150,000 $1,500 about $1,850 to $1,970
$300,000 $3,000 about $3,350 to $3,470

The subscription figures assume $29 to $39 a month. At $150,000 in room revenue, a common number for a well-run 8 to 10 room B&B, the fee is already three to four times the subscription. That is the point where Pro, at a flat monthly price, starts to make more sense, and also the point where owners start looking at other vendors.

Other costs to check before you sign

Payment processing

Card payments on the Pro plan run through Little Hotelier's integrated payments, and card fees are billed per transaction on top of the plan. Every PMS that takes cards has this cost, so ask for the rate and compare it, not just whether it exists. Payouts also need to be matched to your books; when the accountant wants a spreadsheet of deposits, you can turn the PDF bank statement into Excel instead of copying lines by hand.

Upgrades as you grow

Payments, metasearch and rate intelligence sit on Pro, and dynamic pricing sits on Revenue Optimiser. If you need online deposits at booking, budget for Pro from day one rather than comparing the Basics price.

Onboarding

Basics is self-serve. Roommaster reports a dedicated onboarding specialist on Pro and above, so ask whether data migration from your current system is included.

Yearly cost example for three property sizes

The table below compares the reported Little Hotelier cost with Innkeeper's public prices for the software alone. Revenue figures are examples, and payment processing is left out of both columns.

Property Little Hotelier, reported Innkeeper, public price
6-room B&B, $90,000 room revenue Basics about $1,250 to $1,370 a year; Pro from about $1,310 $288 a year on Inn, or $588 paid monthly
10-room inn, $180,000 room revenue Basics about $2,150 to $2,270 a year; Pro from about $1,310 $288 a year on Inn, or $588 paid monthly
22-room hotel, $500,000 room revenue Pro reported at about $1,440 to $1,800 a year, varies by rooms $888 a year on Hotel, or $1,788 paid monthly

For a small B&B or inn, a flat plan costs a fraction of Basics once the booking fee is counted, and less than half of Pro. At 20 to 30 rooms the gap narrows, and features, support and the tools your team already knows matter more than price.

How to get an exact Little Hotelier price

Use the calculator on the Little Hotelier pricing page and check these points before you sign up, so the number is comparable with other vendors.

  • Enter your exact number of bookable rooms, and check the price again at the room count you plan to have in two years
  • Ask whether the 1% Basics fee applies to OTA reservations at your property and how it is billed
  • Ask which plan you need for online deposits and card payments at booking
  • Ask for the card processing rate as a separate line
  • Ask how you export reservations, guests and invoices if you leave

Our guide on how to choose a PMS for a small hotel has the full list of twelve questions, with what a good answer sounds like.

When a flat-price PMS is the better deal

Little Hotelier is a good fit for a very small property with modest revenue, because at $30,000 a year the booking fee is only $300. It is also a natural choice if you already use SiteMinder, or if your team relies on its mobile app every day.

For a B&B, inn or independent hotel doing real volume, a fee that grows with every booking is hard to justify. Innkeeper lists every plan on its hotel PMS pricing page: Inn at $49 a month for up to 10 rooms, Hotel at $149 for up to 30 rooms and Boutique at $499 for up to 80 rooms, with no booking fee and no commission on any plan. The reservations calendar, channel manager software, booking engine, invoices and housekeeping board are included from the first plan. Our Little Hotelier alternative page compares the two feature by feature and shows how to move your reservations in four steps. If you are also weighing Cloudbeds, read our Cloudbeds pricing breakdown next.

Little Hotelier pricing in short

  • Basics is reported at about $29 to $39 a month plus a 1% fee on every booking
  • Pro drops the booking fee and is reported from about $109 a month; Revenue Optimiser is quoted
  • The price depends on your room count and region, set through a calculator on the pricing page
  • All plans are month to month, with a free trial and no lock-in contract
  • At $150,000 in room revenue, the Basics fee alone is about $1,500 a year
  • Innkeeper costs $49, $149 or $499 a month by room count, with no booking fee on any plan

See the flat price and the product side by side

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